Catalogue

Robert Gillespie v Charles Barrett and John Botcherby Copy notice and order for arbitration. In the Exchequer, 25 July 1837 ­ 21 March 1838

Copy award of Richard Otley of Darlington, gentleman and Robert Rayson of Stockton, gentleman in arbitration of Gillespie v Barrett and Botcherby, 9 May 1838

Bill of costs from Robert Rayson to John Bowes for attendance in Gillespie v Barrett (April ­ July 1838). Receipted, 9 May 1840

Correspondence received by Thomas Wheldon from W. Trotter, Bishop Auckland and Charles Barrett, Darlington concerning progress in Gillespie v Barrett, 7 December 1837 ­ 30 August 1838

John Bowes, Esquire v Andrew Fleming Papers relating to claim against Fleming, a former bailiff on the Gibside estate to recover value of oats. In the County Court, Durham, October ­ November 1861

Copy letters from J.D. Holmes to A. Fleming, Tudhoe Moor House and George Smith, Durham, solicitor regarding Bowes v Fleming, (dated 3 September ­ 18 October 1861), n.d.

Correspondence between Ralph Dent, Streatlam Castle and Andrew Fleming, Tudhoe regarding Bowes v Fleming, 9 May ­ 24 July 1861

Correspondence received by J.D. Holmes from George Smith, and John Tiplady, Durham, Ralph Dent, Streatlam Castle and others regarding Bowes v Fleming, 4 September 1861 - 14 March 1862

Copy notice from McIntyre to Lord Strathmore' s agent of intention to remove fixtures at Bird Hall, Hollingside and Hunter' s Hill, dated 26 February 1889

Archibald McIntyre v The Earl of Strathmore Statements of claim and defence, notices to produce and of appointment of referees. Queen's Bench Division, March ­ May 1889

McIntyre v Strathmore Case for the opinion of counsel, July 1889

McIntyre v Strathmore Brief on behalf of the Earl of Strathmore, [July] 1889

McIntyre v Strathmore Evidence to be given by Henry Wallace of Trench Hall, [1889]

McIntyre v Strathmore Copy report of Benjamin Hepworth, Spring Grove, Barnard Castle concerning the dilapidations at Bird Hill House, 21 ­ 29 May 1889

McIntyre v Strathmore Copy award of Henry Wallace of Trench Hall, land agent awarding £ 194 12s. 5d. to the tenant, 26 October 1889

McIntyre v Strathmore Copy correspondence sent or received by J.D. Holmes and J. Hanby Holmes concerning Clover Hill Farm tenancy etc. (dated 11 December 1852 ­ 3 August 1889), [1889]

Plan of Hunter' s Hill and Bird Hill, n.d. [later 19th century] No scale

Correspondence received by Ralph J. Dent from John McIntyre, Bird Hill, Whickham R.S.O., concerning Hollingside farm tenancies etc., 6 October 1886 ­ 30 March 1889

Correspondence received by J. Hanby Holmes from F. Punchard, Underley Estates Office, Kirkby Lonsdale, concerning McIntyre 's farm tenancies etc., 25 July ­ 7 October 1889

Miscellaneous correspondence received by J. Hanby Holmes concerning Hollingside farms, 5 June ­ 6 August 1889

Draft tenancy agreement for Hollingside Farms, with attached notes, 1864 ­ 1865

Cases for the opinion of counsel Mr. Edgar Meynell and others, such opinions, instructions to counsel and brief for the plaintiff, 1907 ­ 1910

Rt. Hon. the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, Plaintiff Henry Weedy, John Matthew Trotter, John Elliot, John Purdy, Thomas Carradice, John Henry Spurr and Henry Currie Wood, Defendants Statement of claim, notices and summonses, orders, affidavits as to documents interrogatories and judgements. In the Chancery Court of Durham, 2 November 1909 ­ 14 May 1910

Schedule of documents sent to Mr. Tindale Atkinson, K.C., n.d. [c.1909]

Copy of Whickham Inclosure Award (1664), n.d. [c.1800]

Agreement to purchase wood at Gibside, 15 March 1850

Valuation of wood in the West Wood [Gibside], by John Dent, 7 April 1854

Agreement to purchase wood at Gibside, 19 August 1858

Details of wood sales (3 January ­ 6 April 1859), 19 April 1859

Details of wood sales (26 March ­ 17 June 1858), n.d.

Copy receipt of T. and R. Armstrong for rent for road over the Busty Bank estate, dated 23 August 1881, n.d. [c.1909]

Extract from the Gibside estate books (1862­1881), n.d. [c.1909]

Statement of wayleave rentals from Gibside to Friarside on the Busty Bank and Bryans Leap estates (1836 ­1852), taken from Bute Durham estates ledger, 28 April 1910

Epitome of Lord Strathmore's title (1817­ 1908) to the Gibside estate, 1909

Copy of D/HH 5/7/149, n.d. [1909]

Agreement for sale of wood dated 9 June 1858, n.d. [1909]

Details of wood sold at Gibside in 1858, n.d. [1909]

Extract from the Tanfield Moor Inclosure Award (dated 16 April 1807), n.d. [1909]

Addenda to George Bullerwell's proof of evidence, n.d. [1909]

Copy of Mr. Weedy' s notes of when he used the road (1907 ­ 1909), n.d. [1910]

Additional evidence of Mary McIntyre and Henry Maugham, n.d. [1909]

Additional evidence of Anthony Hedworth and others, n.d. [1909]

Notes on witnesses, 1907 and n.d.

Notes on witnesses and their evidence, n.d. [c.1909]

Newspaper cuttings concerning Gibside right of way, 26 February 1907 ­ 21 September 1909

Durham: Sheet VI ­9, 1896 Annotations shewing disputed right of way, n.d. [c.1909] Scale: l to 2500

Durham: Sheet VI ­13, 1896 Annotations shewing disputed right of way, n.d. [c.1909] Scale: l to 2500

Durham: Sheet VI­SW Annotations shewing disputed right of way, n.d. [c.1909] Scale: l to 10560

Tracing of a plan of Gibside, Hollingside, Marley Hill and Hedley estates of the Earl of Strathmore, by John Fryer, surveyor, dated 1803, n.d. [c.1909] No scale

Tracing of a plan of the Gibside Estate by William H. Scarre, Streatlam Castle, dated 20 July 1903, n.d. [1909] No scale

Memorandum of correspondence and events (March 1907 ­ March 1910), 1910

'Strathmore v Weedy. Copy Correspondence ' (19 April 1907 ­ 9 May 1910), n.d. [1910]

Copy correspondence between C. McIntyre, Gibside and W.H. Ralston, Streatlam Castle (3 April 1907 ­ 10 May 1910) concerning Gibside trespass, n.d. [1910]

Copy correspondence between Mr. and Mrs. Victor Grunhut, Gibside Hall and W.H. Ralston (28 March 1907 ­ 19 September 1909) concerning the Gibside trespass feud, "the public seem to regard this place as their own property", n.d. [1910]

Copy correspondence between W.H. Ralston, Streatlam Castle and the Earl of Strathmore, St. Paul 's Welden Bury, Herts. (23 April 1907 ­ 25 February 1910) concerning the Gibside trespass: "I am afraid in a populous and not very law abiding district like that in which Gibside is situated ... the extreme section in Burnopfield would regard it [a concession] as a sign of weakness...", n.d. [1910]

Epitome of Mr. Grunhut 's letters to J. Hanby Holmes concerning the Gibside trespass, n.d. [1910]

Correspondence recei ved by J. Hanby Holmes from Victor Grunhut, Gibside Hall and elsewhere, and from Grunhut, Gill and Ruddock, Law Chambers, South Shields and elsewhere concerning the Gibside trespass and progress of the case, 23 June 1907 ­ 27 May 191l

Correspondence received by J. Hanby Holmes from W.H. Ralston, Streatlam Castle, regarding Gibside trespass, 3 May 1907 ­ 23 December 1910

Correspondence received by J.H. Holmes from W.T. Hooker, 4 Grindon Terrace, Sunderland concerning his charge and documents in connexion with the Gibside trespass, 11 November 1908 ­ 12 May 191l

Correspondence received by J. Hanby Holmes from Thomas Lambert, Clerk to Whickham U.D.C., concerning the Gibside footpath, 3 July 1907 ­ 23 November 1909

Correspondence received by J. Hanby Holmes from S imey and Iliff, 59 John Street, Sunderland, solicitors for Weedy et al., concerning Gibside trespass case, 13 December 1909 ­ 16 November 1910

Correspondence received by J. Hanby Holmes from Western and Sons, 35 Essex Street, Strand concerning Gibside trespass and search for relevant papers, 29 January ­ 9 May 1910

Correspondence received by J. Hanby Holmes from Alfred Oxnard Smith, Registrar of the Court of Chancery, Durham regarding Gibside trespass case, 16 September 1909 ­ 16 March 1911

Correspondence received by J. Hanby Holmes from the clerk to E. Tindal Atkinson, K.C., concerning fees for Gibside trespass, 21 March ­ 22 September 1910

Miscellaneous correspondence relating to maps for use in the Gibside trespass case, 8 October 1909 ­ 4 May 1910

Miscellaneous original and copy correspondence regarding rights of way and trespass at Gibside, 30 May 1907 ­ 16 November 1911

Letter from [Alderman] H. Wood, Woodlands, Burnopfield to J. Hanby Holmes attempting sarcasm in reply to Holmes ' letter warning Wood of the consequences of his involvement in the Gibside trespass and threatening publication, 21 September 1909 Endorsed note of the use of this letter as evidence at the trial of Strathmore v Weedy, 14 May 1910

Copy correspondence (6 ­ 12 November 1909) between W.H. Ralston and R.W. Berkley regarding the drift in Gibside West Wood, n.d. [1910]

Copy letter of 13 October 1909 from C. McIntyre, Gibside to J. Hanby Holmes naming trespassers, n.d. [1910]

Correspondence relating to Gibside trespass received by J. Hanby Holmes, 2 ­ 17 April 1903

Strathmore v Weedy Certificate of taxation of costs of J. Hanby Holmes, 24 November 1910

Notes for taxation of costs, n.d. [1910]

Bill of costs of plaintiff (16 September 1909 ­ 18 May 1910) to be taxed, with notes of taxation, 1910

Bills of costs of J. Hanby Holmes for the Earl of Strathmore in connexion with the Gibside trespass, 24 April 1907 ­ 6 January 191l

Bill of costs of Grunhut, Gill and Ruddock to J. Hanby Holmes in connexion with the Gibside trespass, 18 August 1909 ­ 27 November 1910

Receipts of witnesses for payments of expenses, 7 May ­ 10 October 1910

Notes of payments to witnesses, n.d. [1910]

Details of the travelling and out of pocket expenses of J. Hanby Holmes, with related acerbic correspondence between Simey and Iliff and Grunhut, Gill and Ruddock, November 1910

Statement of account of J. Hanby Holmes with Grunuut, Gill and Ruddock, 1910

Extracts from newspapers (North Mail and The Evening Chronicle ) reporting on the Gibside trespass trial, 12 ­ 14 May 1910

Consett Chronicle , 3 June 1910